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A Look Back At The 1998 Chicago Cubs: Part Two - Kerry Wood's 20 Strikeout Game - Cubs - North Side Baseball
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Kerry Wood's 20 Strikeout Game, batting, Major League Baseball, On this day in 1998, a 20-year-old Kerry Wood struck out 20 batters to tie the major league record., By Chicago Cubs
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20-strikeout game still special for Kerry Wood
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Chicago Cubs - #CubsCollection: Kerry Wood's 20-Strikeout Game. On May 6, 1998, a rookie pitcher from Texas took the mound for the Cubs against a stacked Houston Astros lineup. That pitcher was
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Flashback: Astros on wrong end of Kerry Wood's historic day
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Kerry Wood 20 Strikeout Game (WGN Cubs Broadcast)
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Finding Steve Stone's sweater for the Kerry Wood 20-strikeout game - 57 hits
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20 years since 20 Ks: Reliving Cubs phenom Kerry Wood's memorable day
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Chicago Cubs rookie pitcher Kerry Wood meets with the media after striking out 20 Houston Astros batters on Wednesday, May 6, 1998, on the way to pitching a one-hit 2-0 victory. Wood
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Kerry Wood's 20 Strikeout Game